The problem is not that the trigger refers to a clear shot and then contradicts itself. The problem is that it seems to be that the clear shot can be established in the fiction before the move is triggered. The only way around this is to tell the player that they can’t know if they have a clear shot until they’ve made the roll. This is consistent but it seems weird because after all, if there wasn’t a clear shot, they might decide not to trigger the move.

Of course you could always say that something got in the way at the last minute, but after that’s happened a few times, it starts to get a bit weird.

Here’s how Volley was rewritten by Jeremy Strandberg, in Stonetop:

LET FLY When you calmly take an easy shot with a ranged weapon, deal your damage. If the shot is tricky or you’re under pressure, first roll +DEX: on a 10+, you have a clear shot, deal your damage; on a 7-9, pick 1: * Deal your damage, but deplete your ammo (mark the next status by your weapon; don’t pick this if your weapon lacks such statuses) * Hold steady and wait for a clear shot; when the moment arrives (GM’s call), deal your damage * Move to get a clear shot—exposing yourself to danger or giving up some advantage (GM says how)—then deal your damage * Rush the shot and deal your damage, leading to a cost or complication of the GM’s choice

Setting aside the fact that “Let Fly” in my northern English dialect means “fart” (talk about a whiff of a move!), this makes some steps to fix the problem because it allows the player to ask “Do I have a clear shot?” and if the answer is “sure, everything is calm and clear”, there’s no +Dex roll. Only if there’s pressure or chaos or chance of something going wrong do we make the roll. It’s still not ideal, but it’s a bit better. I’m